Author Guidelines

Scope

Before submitting, please review CSMM's Aims and Scope to confirm your manuscript fits within the journal's coverage of cancer biology, molecular oncology, and translational cancer research. CSMM accepts Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Case Reports, and Short Communications.

Authorship

Authorship must meet ICMJE authorship criteria: substantial contribution to the work's conception, design, analysis, or interpretation; drafting or critically revising the manuscript; final approval of the version to be published; and agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Manuscript Preparation

  • Manuscripts must be written in clear, grammatically correct English
  • Manuscripts must be submitted in a form suitable for double-blind review, with identifying author information provided separately from the main manuscript file
  • Authors are encouraged to provide an ORCID iD for the corresponding author (and other authors, where possible)
  • Standard structure: Title, Abstract (structured or unstructured as appropriate to article type), Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, References

Required Statements

Every submission must include:

  • A Conflict of Interest / Competing Interests statement
  • A Data Availability Statement
  • A Funding statement, disclosing all sources of financial support
  • An Ethical Approval and Informed Consent statement, for manuscripts involving human participants or animal subjects
  • An AI Use Declaration, disclosing any generative AI tool used in preparing the manuscript

Originality

All manuscripts are screened using iThenticate prior to peer review, per the journal's Plagiarism Policy.

Peer Review

All submissions undergo double-blind peer review by a minimum of two independent reviewers. The typical time to first editorial decision is 12–14 weeks.

Copyright and Licensing

Upon acceptance, published articles are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0); authors retain copyright, and no copyright transfer agreement is required.

Article Processing Charges

CSMM applies an Article Processing Charge based on the corresponding author's country income classification and article type, with full waivers available where applicable. See the Article Processing Charges and Waiver Policy for full details.

References

Authors should cite datasets, software, and prior work accurately and completely, including DOIs where available.